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How Does Japan's LDP Plan to Pass Security Reform?
By Mina Pollmann
With the 60-day rule, the Diet juggles technicalities and the LDP presses forward its bill reinterpreting Article 9.
Japan Seeks To Export its New Sub-Hunting Plane
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Tokyo has ambitions to become a global supplier of military hardware.
Is Japan’s LDP Beginning to Get Serious About Reigning In Public Debt?
By Mina Pollmann
For Abe, security reforms and TPP-related legislation may trump the annual budget.
Both Koreas Invited to Beijing For World War II Anniversary
By Ankit Panda
Will both Koreas send ceremonial units to China's parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of World War II's end?
Japan’s South China Sea Strategy
By Mina Pollmann
Tokyo doesn’t have a claim to the sea, but it certainly cares about what happens there.
US and Japan Successfully Test Ballistic Missile Killer
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The new next-generation Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) is scheduled to be deployed at sea and ashore by 2018.
Full Speed Ahead: Russia to Accelerate Construction in the Kurils
By Catherine Putz
Moscow's push to speed up development of the islands is, in part, a jab at Tokyo over Abe's visit to Ukraine.
G7 Leaders Call for 'Rules-Based' Maritime Order, Condemn North Korea
By Ankit Panda
The leaders of the G-7 came together to call for maritime security, and condemned North Korea's nuclear program.
Is Japan Facing a Shortage of Fighter Aircraft?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Tokyo needs to step up its modernization efforts, otherwise the JASDF might face an aircraft shortage in the 2020.
Japan and the United States to Deepen Cybersecurity Cooperation
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The growing threat of digital attacks moves Washington and Tokyo closer together in trying to secure cyberspace.
To Fight Terror, Japan Must Fix Its Intelligence Apparatus
By Yuki Tatsumi
New counter-terror measures are a start, but Japan needs a more holistic approach in its fight against terrorism.
How Toyota Drives Kentucky's Economy
By Robert Farley
When Kentuckians think "American made cars" they think of Toyota.